Mississippi Highwater

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A gelatin silver print of the 1927 flooding of the Mississippi River. This photo shows the Mississippi flood waters from a boat. In the distance, crowns of trees and rooftops are visible.

Catalog date

1927

Recorded places

Mississippi River, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

Recorded subjects

African American; American South; Communities; Great Migration; Photography; U.S. History, 1919-1933

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